The leverage point to stop this is to to peel away a handful of Republican congresspeople. That won’t be easy, but it’s something that public pressure should be able to accomplish.
Seeing lots of posts with suggestions for what Dems should do during the State of the Union. Here’s an idea: www.straitstimes.com/world/eur…
I pretty much abandoned Reddit when they killed third-party apps and cut loose protesting moderators. Maybe it’s worth another look? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/…
Finished reading: Great by Choice by Jim Collins, Morten T. Hansen 📚
Finished reading: Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows 📚
Patrick gets it.
Finished reading: Peace by Gene Wolfe 📚
This seems right in line with the micro.blog ethos. www.buzzfeed.com/jonah/the…
But why? www.straitstimes.com/world/jap…
We’re too divided! Therefore, anyone who doesn’t join my campaign attacking the people I disapprove of is the enemy!
Newsletter from me in my very serious business persona: mailchi.mp/eae230e83…
Never mind chemical experiments; it’s hard to imagine a water-dwelling species developing even primitive technology without fire. pacificklaus.com/the-silur…
Hans Christian Andersen is said to have feared being buried alive and to have left a note on his bedside table each night that read “I only appear to be dead.”
I think I need that on a t-shirt.
“A man may be personally ever so well off, and yet if his country be ruined he must be ruined with it; whereas a flourishing commonwealth always affords chances of salvation to unfortunate individuals.”
Author says “Having that information is like wearing a neon sign that says ‘this is a very wise person’” and I’m not sure that would actually work.
I missed this back in October: 100th anniversary of the first transatlantic passenger zeppelin flight
Still can’t believe he does all that crazy stuff for the International Monetary Fund. www.youtube.com/watch